‘Wray a mistake, maybe, but it’s Christie’s fault.’ Wow, that buck didn’t stop on Trump’s desk. Why can’t Trump accept fault for his actions?
Trump has to take the hit for bad White House appointments
McMaster, Bolton, Scaramucci etc.
But McCain said he would only vote for Wray, and no-one else.
The Senate confirmed appointees were a real problem.
McConnell deliberately kept the Senate in session so Trump could not make recess appointments
All of these appointments have to be confirmed by the Senate. McConnell and the leadership wanted Sessions. He told Trump they wouldn’t confirm anybody else.
Trump had to settle for only 6 months of Ratcliffe at DNI because the senate wouldn’t confirm him then he rotated Miller in for 6 months. Its not as easy as you would think.
The Senate and House are pretty much globalist uniparty.
The other thing to keep in mind is that Trump was never a politician. He didn’t have 20 or more years in the legislature or 8 years in a governorship to establish a cadre of party connected cohorts to surround himself with and fill cabinet positions like regular politicians do. So he had to rely on guys like Christie who he thought was a friend to suggest good candidates. He got played.
Now Trump has wised up. He won’t be repeating mistakes of his first term.